BEAR FOOT

OWNER; Fred Shafer of Pontoon Beach, ILL.

BODY; 1979 Chevy Silverado

ENGINE; 505 cubic inch Chevy

CARBURETION; Enderle acohol injection and an 8-71 BDS blower

HORSEPOWER; 1,200

TRANSMISSION; TH400

RUNNING GEAR; 5 ton military axles with Clark planetaries

SUSPENSION; 7 leafs and 4 Trail Master shocks per wheel

FEATURES; Continental double chrome roll bar, and Smittybuilt roll cage

TIRES; 66X43X25 inch and 74X44X32 inch Goodyear Terras

WEIGHT; 17,000 lbs.

COST TO BUILD; $100,000.00

I scanned these shots from Michael Bargo's book "Monster Trucks".

Fred Shafer

I scanned these shots from Bill Holder's book "Monstrous Trucks". Photography by Harry Dunn.

I scanned these pictures from Magazines that I purchased.

Fred Shafer sent me this photo. Look closely above my logo and you can see where Fred signed the picture.

Richard Scott sent me this picture.

From Richard Scott

Don Sheehey sent me the next 4 shots.

Bearfoot and Lil' Bearfoot during the filming of an episode of Knight Rider.

Bearfoot and Lil' Bearfoot during the filming of an episode of Knight Rider.

Shot from the "Knight Rider" series.

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